Photography’s misconceptions
Depending on who you ask, photo prints are up, or down. Depending on where you look, DSLRs are dead, or not. If you ask VC’s consumer photo apps are out, if you ask developers, they are a hot item. The...
View ArticleFrom Giphy with love
Facebook's acquisition of the Gif search engine Giphy proves, once again, that whoever controls visual content also controls audiences.Continue Reading The post From Giphy with love appeared first on...
View ArticleAre videos overtaking photos? – Not so fast…
For a long time, videos have been heralded as the Next Big Thing, the capture format that was going to replace still photography. But technology disruption often progresses more slowly than one might...
View ArticleFixing our trust in content
According to a recent study, over 63% of Americans say they often come across fake images online. Whether those images are truly faked or perceived as such, the damage is done. We are rapidly losing...
View ArticleOur predictions for visual tech in 2021
2020 has made screens our primary interface to the world. While pre-pandemic, we were mostly physically interacting with the world, using all of our six senses, the past year has been essentially just...
View ArticleThe licensable web
The first iteration of the internet, the one we are still somewhat experiencing, was built on the fundamental belief that content should be free. In its early days, it was to be this fantastic social...
View ArticleInstagram and Facebook – as we knew them – are dead
Om Malik. Instagram is dead. This was the conclusion last week of the writer, photographer, and investor Om Malik. Much to his regrets – as he was a big fan of what was initially a mobile social...
View Article10 Questions to a founder : Frameright
Let’s be honest; resizing is a pain. In the world of visual content, it’s like a recurring bad dream. Different social media platforms – Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and the newcomer Threads – all...
View ArticleCombating Online Counterfeiters: Ensuring Image Authenticity
The Visual Economy: A Double-Edged Sword In the pulsating heart of today’s digital marketplace lies a universal truth: visuals are the currency of communication. A photo, a video, a graphic – these are...
View ArticleAuthenticity in the Digital Age: Going Beyond Certified Organic
Major tech companies like Google, Meta, and OpenAI are labeling AI-generated images as "AI-generated" to distinguish them from authentic photos. These labels support the C2PA standard which is gaining...
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